Xwell-bucket s sinker



H. F. DAVIS.

WELL BUCKET SINKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. I91

1,366,524. Patented Jam 25, 1921.

. -I I 72 I iiii'il'iiiif/ UNITED STATES HENRY F. DAVIS, 01? WALTER, OKLAHOMA.

WELL-BUCKET smxnn.

- Speciflcation of Letters Patent. Patented Jan 25, 1921 Application filed March 13, 1919. 7 Serial No. 282,456.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. DAVIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walter, in the county of Comanche, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Bucket Sinkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in well buckets and particularly to attachments therefor.

The principal object of the present inven tion is to provide a novel and improved device which will cause the automatic tilting of the bucket when the same is lowered into the well and comes into contact with the water, whereby the filling ofthe bucket will be accomplished in a quick and easy manner.

Another object is to provide a novel tilting device for a well bucket which forms one of the members to which the handle bail is attached.

- Other objects and advantages will be ap parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. 1

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a well bucket showing my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an elevation viewed at right angles to that of Fig. 1.

It is well known how hard it is to cause the tilting of the bucket when the same has been lowered to the water in the well. Usually it requires the lifting and dropping of the bucket several times to cause the same to sink below the surface of the water for the purpose of filling the bucket. Devices have been produced heretofore for causing have been separate elements attached to the edges of the bucket, with the additional cost in manufacture and added expense to the bucket. With the present invention the tilting weight is an integral part of an element which forms a part of the ordinary bucket, and the only addition to the bucket or to said part is in the use of a slightly greater amount of material for such part.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the body portion of a bucket having cars 11 secured to its exterior near the upper edge thereof and to which the bail 13 has its ends attached in any suitable manner, as by being linked into them as usual. One ear is considerably larger than the other and thus acts as a weight 12 to cause the tilting of the bucket when lowered into the well. Thus when the bucket is lowered into the well and strikes the surface of the water it will immediately tilt until that edge above the weight sinks below the surface and then the bucket will quickly fill.

Particular attention is called to the fact that the weight for tilting the bucket forms an integral part of the ear which receives one end of the bail, thereby economizing in the number of parts used over previously produced devices for this purpose.

What is claimed is: 1

A well bucket including a body, a bail, and ears attached to opposite sides of the body and to which said bail is connected, one ear being integrally enlarged and having a preponderance of weight over the other so as to tilt the bucket when lowered into the water.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of'two witnesses.

. HENRY F. DAVIS. Witnesses:

D. E. DAVIS, E. H. STEPHENS.

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